Weekly Reflection: Most Likely To Succeed

After watching Most Likely to Succeed, I was struck by how the future of education must change. In the past, education has often been a linear track to forming good employees who will go on to work the system of the assembly line or 9-5 style career. Yet, in an innovative technology school where the majority of the film takes place, there is this desire to foster new concepts about how kids should learn. I found it very interesting that much of the learning for students was self-directed and gave them the ability to explore their interests while tying in the traditional elements of learning in an untraditional way. I think that this needs to be the focus of education going forward, especially in a day and age where AI will start to change the way jobs are done. The film Most Likely to Succeed highlights the importance of forming innovative, creative thinkers for the future and how school systems have a responsibility to change.